A History Of The Thermometer And Its Use In Meteorology

Author : W. E. Knowles Middleton
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Thermometer and Its Use in Meteorology written by W. E. Knowles Middleton and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1966 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of the thermometer includes controversy about its invention, the story of different scales, Fahrenheit and centigrade, and the history of the gradual scientific then popular understanding of the concept of temperature. Not until 1800 did people interested in thermometers begin to see clearly what they were measuring, and the impetus for improving thermometry came largely from study of the weather—the liquid-in-glass thermometer became the meteorologist's instrument before that of the chemist or physicist. This excellent introductory study follows the development of indicating and recording thermometers until recent times, emphasizing meteorological applications.

Author : William Edgar Knowles Middleton
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801804625
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Thermometer and Its Use in Meteorology written by William Edgar Knowles Middleton and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 1966 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of the thermometer includes controversy about its invention, the story of different scales, Fahrenheit and centigrade, and the history of the gradual scientific then popular understanding of the concept of temperature. Not until 1800 did people interested in thermometers begin to see clearly what they were measuring, and the impetus for improving thermometry came largely from study of the weather -- the liquid-in-glass thermometer became the meteorologist's instrument before that of the chemist or physicist. This excellent introductory study follows the development of indicating and recording thermometers until recent times, emphasizing meteorological applications.

Author : John Henry Belville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Manual of the Thermometer written by John Henry Belville and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ewa Grodzinsky
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030218864
Total Pages : 182 pages
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Download or read book Understanding Fever and Body Temperature written by Ewa Grodzinsky and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers several areas, such as immunology, infectious diseases, physiology, general nursing, and medicine as well as measurement accuracy and the history of our understanding of fever. This book employs an interdisciplinary approach to exploring our concept of body temperature and specifically fever. The present volume revolves around thermometry, taking the reader on a journey from the past to the present. Yet while the emphasis is on the clinical importance of obtaining accurate, quantitative measurements of body temperature, the reader is also introduced to the most recent clinical work on the subject. This book represents a truly cross-disciplinary collaboration, using evidence-based practice to integrate physiological and immunological knowledge. The authors’ intention with this volume is to help readers gain better insight into the importance of using knowledge from different disciplines to develop an appreciation of the different aspects of body temperature. In addition, the reader will come to understand the concept of fever in a broader perspective than is traditionally adopted.

Author : Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4N/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catalog of Meteorological Instruments in the Museum of History and Technology written by Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : H. Howard Frisinger
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1940033918
Total Pages : 156 pages
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Download or read book History of Meteorology to 1800 written by H. Howard Frisinger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-06 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objectives of the American Meteorological Society are "the development and dissemination of knowledge of meteorology in all its phases and applications, and the advancement of its professional ideals." The organization of the Society took place in affiliation with the American Association for the Advancement of Science at Saint Louis, Missouri, December 29, 1919, and its incorporation, at Washington, D. C., January 21, 1920. The work of the Society is carried on by the Bulletin, the Journal, and Meteorological Monographs, by papers and discussions at meetings of the Society, through the offices of the Secretary and the Executive Secretary, and by correspondence. All of the Americas are represented in the membership of the Society as well as many foreign countries.

Author : Arne Hessenbruch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134262949
Total Pages : 965 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reader's Guide to the History of Science written by Arne Hessenbruch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 965 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reader's Guide to the History of Science looks at the literature of science in some 550 entries on individuals (Einstein), institutions and disciplines (Mathematics), general themes (Romantic Science) and central concepts (Paradigm and Fact). The history of science is construed widely to include the history of medicine and technology as is reflected in the range of disciplines from which the international team of 200 contributors are drawn.

Author : W. E. Knowles Middleton
Publisher : Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of the Barometer written by W. E. Knowles Middleton and published by Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Press. This book was released on 1964 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the development of the barometer as a scientific instrument from the experiments and controversies of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to the precision instruments of today.

Author : Stephen Burt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009260545
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Weather Observer's Handbook written by Stephen Burt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Durham Weather and Climate since 1841, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.

Author : James Fleming
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1940033845
Total Pages : 613 pages
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Download or read book Historical Essays on Meteorology, 1919–1995 written by James Fleming and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the occasion of its 75th anniversary, the American Meteorological Society engaged a number of eminent pioneers and leading practitioners to write about the fields they helped develop. They were joined by several professional historians of science and technology. The resulting essays constitute a substantial sampling of what has been learned since 1919 in the atmospheric sciences and services—in research, in education, and in the private sector. This volume will be of interest to weather professionals and enthusiasts, historians of science, and to students of science and history. It will help us calibrate where we are, where we have been, and where we might be going as a discipline. Hopefully it will inspire others to value the past and to dig into it more deeply. Such attention to history is a necessary step in the maturation of a scientific discipline.